Perfume-vending machine



'Feb Z1., 1928. 1,659,857

S. M. COFF MAN PERFUME VENDING MACHINE Original Filed Nov. 9. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 u h m. l lyll f l. l -..Il l

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`s. M. coFFMAN PERFUME VENDING MACHINE original Filed Nov. e. 1925 2 sheets-sheet 2 INVENToR.

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Patented Feb. Z1, 1928.

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SAMUEL M. COFFMAN, OF' KANSAS CITY, MISOURI, ASSIGNOB TO OLD WORLD PARFUM C0., OF KANSAS CITY7 MISSOURI7 A CORPORATION .OF MISSOURI.

PERFUME-VEN DING yMACHINE.

Original application filed November 9, 1925, Serial No. 67,943. Divided` and this application led January 10, 1927.

This invention relates to coin-controlled perfume or other liquid discharging ma* chines of that class in which the deposit of a coin of proper size enables the depositor to operate the machine and effect the discharge of a small quantity of liquid in atomized condition, and my Objectis to produce an efficient machine of this character of simple, strong, durable and relatively inexpensive construction. This application forms a divisional application of my copending case for perfume vending machine, filed Novem-r Figure 3 is a vertical section taken onV the line III-III of Figure 1.4

Figure 4 is a plan view.

Figure 5 is a section on the line VV of Figure 1.

Y Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 indicates a support for the operative mechanism, said support being preferably in the form of a suitable cabinet intovwhich the coins drop and are retained until withdrawn by an authorized person. A vertical cylinder 2 is secured upon the support and provided with a top closure or cap 3, and rising from said cap at one side of the axial center thereof is a standard 4L in which is mounted atone end a stationary shaft 5. The shaft where it extends through lthe standard is threaded7 and to anchor it securely has an enlargement 6 to'bear against one side of the standard and aknut 6a upon the shaft, bears against the opposite side of the standard.

kArranged vertically is a forked bar 7,

' guided on enlargement 6 and provided ,with

a stem 8 extending through the cap3, and provided at its lower end with a piston'or plunger 9 within the cylinder, a coil spring 10 fitting around said stem and exerting force against the cap and piston for the purseriai No. 160,183; y

`pose of holding the forked bar yi-eldingly movedv downward and the valve is therefore seated, air will be. forced from the cylinder through an opening 14 thereof, for a pur,u pose which hereinafter appears.

Projecting upward and rigid with the cap 3 is a post 15 having an upward arcuate extension 15 grooved at its inner side as at 17, and in the vertical plane of the groove 17 is a coin tube comprising a downward and rearward sloping section 18 and a vertical depending section 19 forl discharging the coins into the cabinet through the support 1. f

The shaft 5 is disposed axially with respect to the arcuate ypost extension 16, and journaledon said shaft is a -peripherally grooved wheel 21 provided at diametrically opposite points with peripheral coin pockets 22. Said wheel is also provided with a pair of diametrically opposite rollers 23 for alternate engagement with a crosshead 24 secured rigidly tothe plunger bar 7 so that ytwice in eachrevolution of said wheel the plunger vis raised, the spring 10 depressing it immediately upon its release by each of said rollers. y

lTo rotate the groovedv wheel a large gear wheel 25 is also mounted in journaled relation to said wheel on shaft 5. The gear vis provided with a plurality of ratchet shapedy peripheral notches 30. A anged disk 31 fits over the disk 29, and in conjunction with said disk and rollers 32Y engagingthev notches 30,'constitutes a clutch. The clutch member` 31 is rigid with a shaft 33 journaled on shaft 27 and provided with an actuating handle 34. The handle, together with clutch member 31, may be turned in one direction inoperatively, but when turned in the reverse direction, that is as indicated by the arrow in Figure 2, adjacent the disk, will impart rotation to clutch member 29 and to the gear wheels and 26, unless one of the pockets of wheel21 contains a coin against which bears one of a pair of pins projecting from the gear wheel 25, as will be readily seen by reference to Figure 5.

When the machine is at rest, it stands with wheel 21 in the position shown by Figure 5, so that its uppermost pocket shall be just below the lower end of a coin feed tube 36, whose'upper end will be accessible for the reception of a coin, which coin will drop down in said tube until arrested by a pin 37 entering said to permit the lat-ter to drop into the underly-.

ing pocket of wheel 21. As this occurs, the adjacentpin 35 of wheel 25, engages the coin and thereby imparts rotation to wheel 21. as indicated by the arrow in Figure 5. During a part of this movement, the coin is guarded against displacement from the pocket by the post extension 16, and just before. aI half revolution is `completed the kcoin dropsinto the coin tube section 18 and down through the section 19 until arrested by a pin 43 projecting from a pivoted catch 44,` a spring 45 connected to the lever and a bar 46 carried by plunger bar 7, normally holding the catch with its pin 43 in the path of downward movement of the coin. a slotted or open coin tube as shown, the detention of the coin in section 19 will enable a person to see whether the coin which was instrumentalin operation of the machine is spurious. l

Pivotally carried by the crossliead 24 is a link47 connected to the actuating arm 48 of a counter device 49 mounted with coin tube 36, on an arm 5() projecting from standard 4. It will thus be seen that vwith each upward movement, for example, of the ciosshead, the counting device is operated, and with each downward movement of the crosshead the arm 48 is set for the next counting operation. I y A pawl 51 pivotally pendent from the crosshead is disposed with its upwardlyfacing tooth 52 adjacent te the face of an intermittently movable disk 53, the disk having` in this instance, four pins 54 disposed at equal distances apart and adapted to be suc-` vcessively engaged by .the pawl 51, the arrangement being such that with eachupward movement of the pawl the disk 53, is turned a lquarter revolution, and that upon the downwardmovement of the crosshead and pawl, the latter is operatively disposed with relation to one of the pins 54, for the next i turning movement of disk 53,

raises it, and thereby continues and accelerates the rotation of disk 21 until the other roller has attained a position inthe saine` horizontal plane as the descending roller, and is engaged by the crosshead, which is therefore arrested as it attains its normal or depressed position. It will be understood that from the time an actuating roller 23 passes rearwardly over center, it is immaterial whether the operator of crank handle 34 continues such operation or not, as from such time, the balance of the half revolution described by disk 21 occurs automatically-and cannot be prevented by the operator because the disk 21 bears a journaled relation with respect to the gear wheel 25 and hence to the handle 34.

lill) The discharge for the intermittently com- Y pressed air passes through a flexible tube 7 3 havinga tubular coupling 74 in communication with discharge port 14 of the cylinder 2, said tube 7 3 being. connected to a discharge nozzle 7 5 which is adapted to eject fluid from a suitable container 76 by means shown in my'copending applicationabove-referred to or by means of the common and ordinary atoinizer.

From the above description, it will be apparent that I have yproduced a device of the character described which possesses all of the features of advantage set forth as desirable, and while I have described and claimed the preferred embodiment ofthe same, I reserve the right to make all changes properly falling'within the spirit and scope j of the appended claims.

I claim 1. In a machine of the characterI described, a reciprocatory crosshead, `a cylinder havingan air discharge port, a piston in the cylinder, a yieldingly-closed' valve mechanism completely partitioning the cylinder,

between said portv and the piston except when the latter is advancing,'a crosshead movable with the piston, a disk provided with `diametrically-opposite devices intermediate the said pockets. for normally simultaneous engagement with the advance side of the crosshead and for alternately applying pressure on the latter to retract the same and the piston when'the disk is turned a predetermined distance, means for automatically reversing the operation of the piston f and crosshead to force air from the cylinder and cause the cross head by pressure on the disk-carried device which re-` tracted the piston and crosshead, to continue the rotation of the disk until both of said devices are again in contact with the advance side of the crosshead, a coin tube for' depositing a coin in the uppermost coin pocket when the disk is at rest, and means to apply aressure on such coin to turn the disk to retract the crosshead.

2. In amachine of the character described,

,a reciprocatory crosshead,-a cylinder having an air discharge port, a piston in the cylinder, a yieldingly-closed valve mechanism completely partitioning the cylinder between said port and the piston except when the latter is advancing, a crosshead movable with the piston, a disk provided with diametrically-opposite coin-receiving pocketsand a pair of ldiametrically-opposite devices intermediate the said pockets for normally simultaneous engagement with the advance side of the crosshead and for alternately applying pressure on the latter to retract the same and the piston when the disk is turned a predetermined distance, means for automatically reversing the operation of the piston and crosshead to force air from the cylinder and cause the crosshead by pressure on the disk-carried device which' retracted the piston and crosshead, to continue the rotation of the disk until both of said devices are again in contact with the advance side of the crosshead, a coin tube for depositing a coin in the uppermost coin pocket when the disk is at rest and means toapply pressure on such coin to turn the disk to retract the crosshead.

3. In a machine of the character described, a reciprocatory crosshead, a cylinder having an air discharge port, a piston in the cylinder, a yieldingly-closed valve mechthe piston and crosshead to force air from devices are again in'cont'act with Vthe advance side of the crosshead, a ycoin tube for depositing a coin in the uppermost coin pocket when the disk is at rest, means to apply pressure on such coin to turn the'diskto retract the crosshead, a coin tube below the disk having a notch, a catch movable with the crosshead and a spring to cause the catch to hold a coin dropping through the last-named tube; there being a cam relation between thenotch and catch to effect the withdrawal of the latter from the path of the coin as the retraction of the crosshead occurs.

4. In a machin-e of the character described, mechanism for discharging liquid in atomized condition, an air pumping mechanism tor eifecting such discharge and atomization of the liquid and including acrosshead to be retracted and advanced, automatic means `for'el'fecting the advance of said pumping mechanism, a journaled disk having a pair ot diametrically-opposite peripheral coin pockets, diametrically opposite means carried by the disk for simultaneous engagement with the advance side of the crosshead when the latter is at one limit of its movement, a wheel coaxial with said disk and provided with a'pair of diametrivcally-opposite pins in proximity to the periphery-ot the disk and theA rear sides, with respect to direction of rotation, of said coin pockets, a coin tube for guiding a coin into the uppermost pocket, means for rotating said wheel to cause one of said pins to engage the coin in the pocket and impart rotation to the wheel and retracting movement to said crosshead until the engaging means Y has passed over center with respect to the aXis of the disk, to vpermit the automatic means to advance the pumping mechanism to vperform its function and incidentally cause the crosshead, by pressure on said engaging means, to rotate the disk until the total movement of the latter equals a half revolution.

5. In a machine of the character described, mechanism for discharging liquid in atomized condition, an air pumping mechanism for effecting such discharge and atomization of the liquid and including a crosshead to be retracted and advanced, automatic means for effecting the advance of said pumping mechanism, a journaled disk having a pair of diametrically-opposite peripheral coin pockets, diametrically-opposite means carried by the disk for simultaneous engagement with the advance side of the crosshead when the lat-ter is at one limit of its movement, a wheel coaxial with said disk and provided with a pair of diametrically-opposite pins in proximity to the periphery of the disk and the rear sides, with respect to direction ofrotat-ion, of said coin pockets, a coin tube for guiding a coin into the uppermost pocket, means for rotating said wheel to cause one ofsaid pins to engage the coin and impart rotation to the wheel and retracting` movement to saidcrossh-ead until the engaging means ,has passed over center with yrespect to theaxis of said disk, to permit the automatic means to advance the pumping mechanism to perform its function and incidentally-cause thek crosshead, by pressure von said engaging means, to rotate the disk until the total movement or' the latter equals a halt1 revolution, and a coin tube Aunderlying the wheel or'receiving the coin therefrom at about the moment the rotation of thewheel ceases.

6. In a machine of the character described, a disk provided with opposite peripheral coin pockets, means for normally holding the disk with the pockets respectively facing upward and downward. a coin-supply tube for the upwardly-facing pocket and a coin tube'for receiving a coin from the downwardly-facing pocket, a wheel coaxial with and bearing a journaled relation to said disk and provided with a pair of diametricallyopposite pins in proximity to the periphery of the disk and the rear sides of said pockets respectively, with ,respectl to the direction fv rotation ofthe disk, means to turn said wheel to cause its uppermost pin to engage a coin in the corresponding pocket and effect the turning of the disk a quarter revolution, and means independent'of said wheel, for continuing the rotation of said disk for another quarter revolution.

7. In a machine of the character described, K

a coin-supply tube and a coin-receiving tube, spring-actuated means for preventing coins dropping out of vthe coin-supply tube, a journaled disk between and in the plane of said tubes and provided with diametricallyopposite coin pockets, a journaled wheel coaxial with said disk and provided with diametrically-opposite impelling pins paral-Y leling and in the plane of the periphery'ot the disk and respectively rearward, with respect to the direction ot rotation, of the pockets oflsaid disk, and for successive passage adjacent the discharge end of the *coinsupply tube when the wheel is turned, andl the disk for another quarter revolution to Y permit the coin to drop from thepocketinto the coin-receivingy tube, and dispose the L other pocket in position to -receivethe next coin from the coin-supply tube. Y ,In witnesswhereof I hereunto aiiix my signature. i

SAMUEL M. oorrMAN. 

